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CowperKettle
CowperKettle
1:30 AM
@alphabet "A bear is walking through a forest. He sees a car on fire. He gets in and burns to death." (A well-known Russian joke)
Another one: a hedgehog learned how to breathe with his behind, sat on a tree stump and died of suffocation (Научился ежик дышать попой - сел на пенек и задохнулся)
Another - "The mermaid did the splits"
When a mermaid does the splits: The stupidest Russian jokes
Kolobok
Kolobok (Cyrillic: колобо́к) is the main character of an East Slavic fairy-tale with the same name, represented as a small yellow spherical bread-like being. The story is often called "Little Round Bun" and sometimes "The Runaway Bun." The fairy tale occurs widely in Slavic regions in a number of variations. A similar fairy tale - with a pancake rolling off - has also been recorded in German and Nordic regions. The plot is similar to that of "The Gingerbread Man" tale in English tradition. The Aarne-Thompson index classifies such stories in a common type: 2025. == Etymology == The origin of word...
> Kolobok goes to the bathhouse, comes out and says: ‘Damn, forgot to wash my head!’
The joke is that Kolobok is nothing but a head, it's a spherical piece of baked dough
> "The mother-in-law was buried. Two accordions were broken (meaning, from happiness)"

The modern version:

"The mother-in-law was buried. Two Pokémon were caught."
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
1:55 AM
@alphabet I switched from 2GIS to Yandex Maps for that reason - they had the option "North always up" - but funnily, a month later they dropped that option.
Criggie
Criggie
kolobok is Kirby? Q'bert? or Pacman ?
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
> One of the earliest examples of bar jokes is Sumerian (c. 4500–1900 BC), and it features a dog: "A dog walked into a tavern and said, 'I can't see a thing. I'll open this one'." [1] The humor of it is probably related to the Sumer way of life and has been lost, but the words remain.
alphabet
alphabet
@CowperKettle What's the joke? I don't think I get it.
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
I don't know, but it feels funny in Russian
Criggie
Criggie
2:12 AM
Maybe that's the joke ? Writing something that would be funny in a language that won't exist for millenia.
alphabet
alphabet
@CowperKettle Autoerotic asphyxiation is no joke.
misk94555
misk94555
3:10 AM
@CowperKettle Do you know where the letter ё is on the keyboard?
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
3:55 AM
@misk94555 Yes - in the upper left corner
 
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CowperKettle
CowperKettle
7:22 AM
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CowperKettle
CowperKettle
7:35 AM
"Should Tongwei go ahead with plans announced in December to build a 400,000 ton polysilicon plant in Inner Mongolia, nearly doubling its current output, it might overtake even ExxonMobil"
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Solar Power’s Giants Are Providing More Energy Than Big Oil
In the USA:
> The SUN DAY Campaign reviewed the data and found that in the first four months of 2024, solar and wind added 7,899 MW and 1,825 MW, respectively, while biomass added 3 MW and hydropower added 1 MW. The balance consisted of 67 MW of gas, 5 MW of oil and 3 MW of “other.”
solarpowerworldonline.com/2024/06/…
 
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CowperKettle
CowperKettle
8:54 AM
Harry Potter and the Vietnam War
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CowperKettle
CowperKettle
10:03 AM
> A new UCLA Health study has found that resilient people exhibit neural activity in the brain regions associated with improved cognition and regulating of emotions, and were more mindful and better at describing their feelings. The same group also exhibited gut microbiome activity linked to a healthy gut, with reduced inflammation and gut barrier.
Leaky gut
Vikas
Vikas
Leaky Cauldron
 
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Robusto
Robusto
1:00 PM
Wordle 1,098 3/6

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jlliagre
jlliagre
Wordle 1,098 3/6

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#WhenTaken #115 (21.06.2024)

I scored 874/1000 🎉

1️⃣ 📍 2 km - 🗓️ 9 yrs - ⚡ 187 / 200
2️⃣ 📍 1146 km - 🗓️ 5 yrs - ⚡ 162 / 200
3️⃣ 📍 1639 km - 🗓️ 3 yrs - ⚡ 154 / 200
4️⃣ 📍 66 km - 🗓️ 13 yrs - ⚡ 173 / 200
5️⃣ 📍 95.8 metres - 🗓️ 2 yrs - ⚡ 198 / 200

https://whentaken.com
Robusto
Robusto
Daily Octordle #879
4️⃣5️⃣
7️⃣6️⃣
8️⃣🕛
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Score: 63
Daily Sequence Octordle #879
5️⃣6️⃣
7️⃣8️⃣
9️⃣🔟
🕚🕛
Score: 68
jlliagre
jlliagre
1:22 PM
Daily Octordle #879
🔟7️⃣
🕚8️⃣
9️⃣🕛
4️⃣5️⃣
Score: 66
Daily Sequence Octordle #879
5️⃣6️⃣
7️⃣8️⃣
9️⃣🔟
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Score: 68
@Robusto Empate.
misk94555
misk94555
Folks, is there a functional difference between so long and farewell ?
Robusto
Robusto
1:47 PM
@jlliagre I'll have to try WhenTaken after my ride. Running late today.
 
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SmokeDetector
SmokeDetector
3:32 PM
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Mostly non-latin title (77): "Stop __________ and hurry up!"‭ by Huỳnh Trọng Nhân‭ on english.SE
jlliagre
jlliagre
4:13 PM
@Robusto Take your time :-)
 
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Robusto
Robusto
7:19 PM
#WhenTaken #115 (21.06.2024)

I scored 839/1000 🎉

1️⃣ 📍 737.6 metres - 🗓️ 30 yrs - ⚡ 115 / 200
2️⃣ 📍 69.6 metres - 🗓️ 9 yrs - ⚡ 187 / 200
3️⃣ 📍 1640 km - 🗓️ 5 yrs - ⚡ 152 / 200
4️⃣ 📍 36.3 metres - 🗓️ 10 yrs - ⚡ 185 / 200
5️⃣ 📍 170.5 metres - 🗓️ 0 yrs - ⚡ 200 / 200

https://whentaken.com
@jlliagre I can't believe I screwed up the date that bad on #1.
I think we guessed the same place on #3.
Vikas
Vikas
#WhenTaken #116 (22.06.2024)

I scored 580/1000 🎉

1️⃣ 📍 5051 km - 🗓️ 29 yrs - ⚡ 39 / 200
2️⃣ 📍 11520 km - 🗓️ 7 yrs - ⚡ 91 / 200
3️⃣ 📍 5351 km - 🗓️ 11 yrs - ⚡ 101 / 200
4️⃣ 📍 1038 km - 🗓️ 0 yrs - ⚡ 169 / 200
5️⃣ 📍 594 km - 🗓️ 2 yrs - ⚡ 180 / 200

https://whentaken.com
Robusto
Robusto
Neal Brennan Has a Plan to Test the 2nd Amendment | Netflix
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jlliagre
jlliagre
8:07 PM
@Vikas That's Saturday's game. You might want to temporarily set your timezone to Western Europe or the US to get the same as ours.
user 85795
user 85795
Are the French getting geared up for the Olympics yet? @jlliagre
jlliagre
jlliagre
@Robusto Not sure. spoiler
Robusto
Robusto
@jlliagre Same.
jlliagre
jlliagre
@user85795 At the moment, they are more geared up for next elections and the UEFA Euro2024.
user 85795
user 85795
I see.
Do you follow “Le revers de la medaille”
jlliagre
jlliagre
8:36 PM
@user85795 I don't but I'm aware about the issues they are complaining of.
jlliagre
jlliagre
9:20 PM
I just realized today that the way I pronounce 'patio' (i.e. like 'ratio') is really wrong :-(
 
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alphabet
alphabet
10:49 PM
@misk94555 "Farewell, suckers!" doesn't have quite the same ring to it.
AIPAC Unleashes a Record $14.5 Million Bid to Defeat a Critic of Israel
> “Assuming the outcome is as we expect it, the message is going to be that being pro-Israel is not just wise policy, it’s smart politics,” said Mark Mellman, a Democratic pollster whose Democratic Majority for Israel spent $1 million against Mr. Bowman.
He sounds great.
"Nice Congress seat you got there. Shame if something happened to it."
Robusto
Robusto
11:49 PM
@jlliagre What, ratty-o? Now that I think about it, I think I like that one better.
jlliagre
jlliagre
@Robusto No, I (used to) pronounce patio something like /peʃjo/.
Robusto
Robusto
@jlliagre Most English speakers pronounce ratio like "ray-she-owe".

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